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...bandleader and self-styled "Old Perfessor" of radio's Kollege of Musical Knowledge from 1933 to 1949, whose weekly mix of dance music, comedy and quiz questions drew as many as 20 million listeners and earned him a remarkable $1 million in 1940; of a heart attack; in Chapel Hill, N.C. A popular USO entertainer in World War II, he had several hits, including On a Slow Boat to China and the nonsense ditty Three Little Fishes. He retired from performing in 1950 and worked thereafter for the Christian Science Church...
CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES, now H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, finally married PRINCE CHARLES on a crisp Saturday in Windsor. The wedding had seemed positively jinxed. The royal chapel wasn't licensed for civil weddings, so they had to switch to a public hall; the Queen didn't attend the actual ceremony; the Pope's funeral postponed it all by a day. But in the end the crowd cheered warmly, and Camilla's dress got thumbs up. Did a coach and horses then whisk the couple away? No, a car did; their royal relatives actually clambered onto buses for the Queen...
Harvard ran its string of scoreless innings to 14 in a shutout at the hands of Coastal Carolina (15-14) in its last game in Chapel Hill, N.C. at the UNC Softball Complex...
...Cardinals file toward the chapel, Martini will be seen as the progressive kingmaker facing down a troika of powerful conservative Rome-based Cardinals: John Paul's doctrinal policy chief, JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER of Germany; the head of Italy's Bishops' Conference, CAMILLO CARDINAL RUINI; and Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Cardinal Sodano. The thinking is that their favored candidate would be DIONIGI CARDINAL TETTAMANZI, 71, the former Archbishop of Genoa, who has succeeded Martini in Milan. His philosophical approach is sufficiently unclear that neither the progressive Cardinals nor the doctrinaire are likely to oppose him. In Genoa he spoke...
...list extends from here, and as Wojtyla's extraordinary election more than a quarter-century ago proved, there is absolutely no predicting what will occur when the Cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel beneath the Michelangelo frescoes and devoutly swear to "preserve a scrupulous secrecy regarding everything that relates in any way to the election of the Roman Pontiff." Having pledged, they will get down to their task, filling in their ballots under the words "I elect as Supreme Pontiff." Outside, St. Peter's Square will be filled with pilgrims, gazing up at the chimney, awaiting the puff of white...